Chapter Summaries

Wine Saint was overwhelmed by more than twenty peak Dao Lords pursuing his Dongming Jade Talisman and found no safe way to escape the second layer. Ji Ning and Jiu Chen moved on to the third layer, while Dao Lord Hei Xiao and his companion decided to follow in hopes of obtaining the Chibo Palace Fruit Token.

• More than twenty peak Dao Lords attacked Wine Saint, who was wounded and offered Ji Ning half his treasures to help him; Ji Ning refused.
• Wine Saint asked Realm Spirit Pu Luo how to leave, and Pu Luo explained that he had to stand on a teleportation Array Diagram for ten breaths, leaving him vulnerable to the pursuers.
• Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen left for the third layer through a Black Throne, seeking the Chibo Palace Fruit Token.
• Dao Lord Hei Xiao and a black-armored Dao Lord discussed the third layer's treasures and decided to go there to pursue the Chibo Palace Fruit Token.

Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen waited for Dao Lord Hei Xiao and King Chen Ming to enter the left passage before Ji Ning set out to compete for its token. Meanwhile, Zhou Zheng continued breaking the Altar’s restrictions and saw a chance to advance his Annihilation of Space-Time technique.

• Jiu Chen offered Ji Ning the token from his passage in repayment for Ji Ning’s help, but their plans changed when Dao Lord Hei Xiao and King Chen Ming arrived.
• Ji Ning and Jiu Chen entered the right passage to learn the Life Technique, while Hei Xiao and Chen Ming chose the left passage and waited for Ji Ning to commit.
• After nearly a month, Hei Xiao and Chen Ming entered the left passage, and Ji Ning left Jiu Chen to follow them.
• Zhou Zheng continued attacking the Altar’s restrictions and estimated that clearing the remaining layers would take about a century unless his technique advanced.
• Zhou Zheng reflected on the insights gained from his battles and the Altar, and believed a breakthrough could make him powerful enough to overwhelm anyone in Chibo Palace.

After three years of breaking the restrictions, Zhou Zheng found himself targeted when nearly thirty peak Dao Lords entered the Third Layer World. He learned that Wine Saint had killed Dao Lord Feiqi and redirected the others toward Zhou Zheng, and he prepared a backup plan as they approached.

• Nearly thirty peak Dao Lords arrived in the Third Layer World and began studying the Life Technique method outside the central passage.
• Ji Ning warned Zhou Zheng that the peak Dao Lords had joined forces and urged him to leave the central passage, but Zhou Zheng refused and claimed he had another trump card.
• Zhou Zheng asked Dao Lord Xiaomeng and Dao Lord Yan Hu what had happened in the Second Layer World, and they explained Wine Saint's deal with the peak Dao Lords.
• Wine Saint had killed Dao Lord Feiqi with a Strange Object, then sworn to help the other peak Dao Lords obtain two Dongming Jade Talismans from Zhou Zheng or Ji Ning within three thousand years.
• Zhou Zheng realized the peak Dao Lords did not know his companions' treasures were in his possession and asked Dao Lord Xiaomeng and Dao Lord Yan Hu to turn against the others if the situation became critical.

Zhou Zheng obtained the Ninth Command Token, then stayed in the central passage to cultivate while Wine Saint struggled to gather enough peak Dao Lords for his plan. Nearly three thousand years passed, and eight Dao Lords still had not mastered the Dao Heart Method, leaving Wine Saint's plan close to collapse.

• Zhou Zheng broke the altar's nine-thousandth restriction and took the Ninth Command Token as the gathered peak Dao Lords watched.
• Wine Saint learned that eight peak Dao Lords needed more than ten thousand years to master the Dao Heart Method, endangering his three-thousand-year Life Oath deadline.
• Zhou Zheng stayed on the altar to cultivate Annihilation of Space-Time rather than cross the Second Abyss toward Wine Saint.
• Ji Ning obtained the Sixth and Seventh Command Tokens, while Dao Lord Hei Xiao took the Fourth Command Token in the left passage.
• Nearly three thousand years after the plan began, Wine Saint urged the Dao Lords who had mastered the method to attack Zhou Zheng, but none responded.

As the three-thousand-year deadline expired, Zhou Zheng seized Wine Saint’s Dongming Jade Talisman from amid the peak Dao Lords. With three Dongming Jade Talismans now in his possession, he left the gathered Dao Lords facing the prospect that he had not used any of them.

• Wine Saint announced that he would hand over his Dongming Jade Talisman and urged the peak Dao Lords to save their strength for dealing with Dao Lord Cheng Tian.
• At the deadline’s final moments, Zhou Zheng crossed the Three-Colored Chain toward Wine Saint while the peak Dao Lords focused on the talisman.
• Wine Saint waited until Zhou Zheng reached the rocky land, then threw the talisman into the middle of the gathered Dao Lords.
• Zhou Zheng swept past the fighting peak Dao Lords, took the talisman, and revealed that he now held three Dongming Jade Talismans.
• Wine Saint defended himself by saying he had fulfilled his Life Oath, while Zhou Zheng confirmed that he had not used any of his three talismans.

Zhou Zheng fought off more than twenty peak Dao Lords who sought his three Dongming Jade Talismans, then joined forces with Dao Lord Xiaomeng to kill the Wine Saint. The Rock Continent fell silent after the Wine Saint’s aura vanished.

• The Wine Saint charged Zhou Zheng but was blasted back and injured by his overwhelming speed and strength.
• More than twenty peak Dao Lords attacked Zhou Zheng, whose Heart World and techniques helped him withstand their assault despite their domains and Dao Talismans.
• Zhou Zheng realized the Wine Saint had few Dao Talismans left and began targeting him during the siege.
• Zhou Zheng used Myriad Shadow Avatar to spread across the Rock Continent, while Dao Lord Xiaomeng left one Avatar intact and ambushed the Wine Saint.
• Zhou Zheng appeared beside the Wine Saint as he defended against Dao Lord Xiaomeng, then struck him with Annihilation of Space-Time.
• Dao Lord Xiaomeng and Zhou Zheng continued attacking until the Wine Saint’s aura vanished, and Dao Lord Xiaomeng said he had completed Zhou Zheng’s first task.

Zhou Zheng killed Wine Saint during the siege, leaving the other peak Dao Lords too wary to challenge him. He secured Wine Saint’s treasures and headed for the Seven-Colored Chains, holding the Fruit Token and three Dongming Jade Talismans.

• Dao Lord Xiaomeng suddenly attacked and killed Wine Saint, while his allies questioned his actions and Dao Lord Yan Hu explained their Life Oath to help Dao Lord Cheng Tian.
• Zhou Zheng used Xuan Ling’s Wings to suppress Wine Saint’s fleeing Universe Treasure Gauntlets and collected his remaining treasures.
• The peak Dao Lords reconsidered attacking Zhou Zheng, wary of his strength and uncertain whether Dao Lord Xiaomeng and Dao Lord Yan Hu would oppose them.
• Zhou Zheng flew toward the Seven-Colored Chains of the first Abyss, and the peak Dao Lords let him go without challenging him.

Zhou Zheng defeated Wine Saint and claimed all three Dongming Jade Talismans, while Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen secured the remaining command tokens. After Jiu Chen shared the right passage’s tokens, Zhou Zheng gave him a Dongming Jade Talisman as compensation and revealed to Ji Ning that a far more powerful Dao Integration treasure existed.

• Zhou Zheng crossed the Seven-Colored Chain after defeating Wine Saint, leaving the other peak Dao Lords certain they could not stop him from taking the three Dongming Jade Talismans.
• Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning waited outside the right passage, discussing their Ultimate Dao as they awaited Sect Master Jiu Chen.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen emerged with the Third, Fifth, and Eighth Command Tokens, giving the Eighth to Ji Ning and the other two to Zhou Zheng.
• Zhou Zheng gave Jiu Chen a Dongming Jade Talisman to compensate him for the two tokens, though Jiu Chen was reluctant to accept it.
• Zhou Zheng told Ji Ning that the Dao Integration Fire Cloud Flower could fully simulate Dao Integration nine times, making Dongming Jade Talismans seem far less valuable.

Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning left Chibo Palace after helping Sect Master Jiu Chen secure great rewards, including two Dongming Jade Talismans and three Fruit Tokens. After nearly three years of travel, they reached the Da Mo Eternal Realm, where the foremost powers of the Yan Long Domain had gathered to meet them and claim the Chibo Palace Fruits.

• Jiu Chen refused to keep Zhou Zheng's Dongming Jade Talisman at first, but later followed Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning after giving them all three Fruit Tokens.
• Jiu Chen rebuked the peak Dao Lords who mocked his generosity, then caught up with Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning.
• Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning used nine Fruit Tokens to harvest every fruit in Chibo Palace's first layer and left with Jiu Chen aboard their flying vessel.
• Jiu Chen promised to repay Zhou Zheng, while Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng discussed their rise in power and the challenge of succeeding in the Daomerge.
• After nearly three years of travel, Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Jiu Chen arrived in the Da Mo Eternal Realm and saw the domain's leading powers gathered in the Void.
• Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning left the flying vessel, knowing the powerful figures had come for the Chibo Palace Fruits they carried.

Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning met the six leaders of the Yan Long Domain’s major powers, who sought to recruit them and trade for their Chibo Palace Fruits. Zhou Zheng agreed to discuss returning Wine Saint’s Universe Treasure in exchange for treasures, and the leaders asked what he wanted.

• Ji Ning told Zhou Zheng he planned to trade some Chibo Palace Fruits for treasures to strengthen his Destiny Divine Weapon, while saving the rest for the uncertain path of Dao Fusion.
• Mangya Dominator praised Zhou Zheng and invited him to become Space-Time Palace Lord in Mangya Kingdom, and Zhou Zheng said he might visit someday without accepting the position.
• Ming Lan Dominator invited Zhou Zheng to visit the Ancient Cultivator Clan, saying his Universe Treasure might be connected to them.
• Emperor Lord Jin Yu introduced Fengyu Dominator, Emperor Qi Yin, and Emperor Jie Wu to Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning.
• Emperor Jie Wu asked Zhou Zheng to return Wine Saint’s Universe Treasure, and Zhou Zheng said he would do so if an opportunity arose; Jie Wu then asked what treasures Zhou Zheng wanted.

Zhou Zheng traded fruits for a domain secret art and a Body Protection Divine Ability, then arranged for an ancient Eternal Emperor to forge his Destiny Divine Weapons. Afterward, Ji Ning discussed his own needs, and Emperor Lord Jin Yu proposed that both Dao Lords search the Dao Alliance Immortal Palace Treasury once the weapons were ready.

• Zhou Zheng requested a Body Protection Divine Ability, a domain secret art, six Destiny Divine Weapons, and the materials needed to cultivate and nurture them.
• Zhou Zheng traded fruits to the Dao Alliance for the Five-Colored Glazed Sea and its cultivation materials, and obtained the Space-Time True Body from Mangya Dominator.
• An ancient Eternal Emperor pledged to forge Zhou Zheng's Destiny Divine Weapons, received Zhou Zheng's blood, and said the work would take at least a thousand years.
• Ji Ning exchanged fruits for treasures and said he also needed materials to nurture his Destiny Divine Weapons.
• Emperor Lord Jin Yu invited Ji Ning and Zhou Zheng to search the Dao Alliance Immortal Palace Treasury after a thousand years, while the other Eternal Emperors chose to wait outside.

Zhou Zheng received six Destiny Divine Weapons and a Space-Time technique from Mangya Dominator before entering the Dao Alliance treasury with Ji Ning to seek materials for their weapons. After the exchanges, Dominator Lan Hao revealed himself and offered to gather Black Fire Sinking Stone, while Zhou Zheng recognized that Lan Hao could lead him to Supreme Bolin’s Dao.

• Zhou Zheng awakened six swords as Destiny Divine Weapons by infusing them with his Ultimate Space-Time Dao.
• Ji Ning gave Zhou Zheng Mangya Dominator’s Heaven and Earth Mirror Heart technique as a gift.
• Emperor Lord Jin Yu and Emperor Hei Yun opened the treasury, where Zhou Zheng’s and Ji Ning’s weapons searched for suitable materials.
• Zhou Zheng exchanged for two Boundary Setting Mountains, while Ji Ning obtained Nine Bends Cold Marrow.
• Dominator Lan Hao revealed his power and offered to gather ten thousand zhang of Black Fire Sinking Stone.
• Zhou Zheng realized Lan Hao knew the way to the Demon Statue Stone Wall, where Supreme Bolin’s Dao could be observed.

Dominator Lan Hao agreed to take Ji Ning, Zhou Zheng, and Sect Master Jiu Chen to the Demon Statue Stone Wall, where Ji Ning could obtain the Black Fire Sinking Stone. After the treasures were delivered, they set off on Lan Hao’s flying vessel for the nine-day journey.

• Dominator Lan Hao revealed that he had traveled between domain realms and explained that the Yan Long Domain was only one of countless realms within the vast Chaos Universe.
• Lan Hao asked Ji Ning for one hundred Cold Flame Ding Hua Fruits, and Zhou Zheng lent Ji Ning the fruits from his Grotto-Heaven Treasure.
• Ji Ning gave Zhou Zheng his five hundred and ninety-one Tian Yin Xuan Fruits in return.
• Several years later, after the traded treasures had arrived, Lan Hao summoned Ji Ning, Zhou Zheng, and Sect Master Jiu Chen to depart.
• Lan Hao took them aboard his flying vessel toward the Demon Statue Stone Wall, which was near the Yan Long Domain and about nine days away.

Zhou Zheng cultivated his Destiny Divine Weapons and studied Heaven and Earth Mirror Heart during the journey to the Demon Statue Stone Wall. After nine days, Dominator Lan Hao brought Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen to the massive Black Fire Sinking Stone formation, then left with the Cold Flame Ding Hua Fruit.

• Zhou Zheng had his six Destiny Divine Weapons slowly consume Boundary Setting Stones, strengthening their power and boosting Annihilation of Space-Time.
• Zhou Zheng studied the eleventh form of Heaven and Earth Mirror Heart and considered how a powerful heart and ultimate emotion might allow Dao and heart to merge.
• After nine days of travel, Dominator Lan Hao brought Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen to the Demon Statue Stone Wall in the darkness beyond the Yan Long Domain.
• Dominator Lan Hao explained that the statue was made of Black Fire Sinking Stone, but an invisible force prevented him from putting it away.
• Ji Ning gave Dominator Lan Hao the Cold Flame Ding Hua Fruit, and Lan Hao departed through a spatial passage.

Ji Ning, Zhou Zheng, and Sect Master Jiu Chen uncovered a Xis Race warship hidden beneath the Black Fire Sinking Stone exterior of the Demon Statue Stone Wall. They entered the dangerous vessel, where Zhou Zheng recognized battle damage left by a Supreme and hoped it might inspire his breakthrough to the Fourth Step.

• Ji Ning stripped the Black Fire Sinking Stone from the Demon Statue Stone Wall with his six Destiny Divine Weapons, revealing a silver-white structure marked with the characters "Hu Xue" and a single passage.
• Zhou Zheng identified the structure as a Xis Race warship and explained that Xis Race weapons were powerful treasures coveted even by Dominators.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen volunteered to scout ahead, and the three entered the warship through its passage.
• Inside, Zhou Zheng found that the Heart World, divine sense, and Space-Time were heavily suppressed by the vessel's surviving Array Restrictions.
• The three saw enormous claw marks along the passage, which Zhou Zheng recognized as damage left by Supreme Bolin.

Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Sect Master Jiu Chen entered a star connected to the Xis Race and uncovered a society dominated by three powerful clans. Suspecting that the clans’ public history concealed their true strength, Zhou Zheng chose further investigation over a direct confrontation.

• Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen recognized the star and its surroundings as resembling a place tied to the Xis Race, and all three disguised their auras before entering.
• The trio learned that the star held many Dao Lords and that three clans calling themselves Xis Race Descendants dominated its hierarchy.
• Ji Ning reported that the Three Great Clans had supposedly joined forces to kill an Eternal Emperor, but Zhou Zheng doubted the account.
• Zhou Zheng revealed that the Three Great Clans’ leaders were Silver-robed Dao Lords capable of fighting Holy City Lords and proposed approaching their Dao Lords for reliable information.
• Sect Master Jiu Chen and Ji Ning agreed to keep investigating rather than risk an immediate confrontation, as Zhou Zheng sought Supreme Bolin's Dao.

After luring out and capturing a Fumo Family Dao Lord, Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Jiu Chen learned that the Three Great Clans’ strength came from the Ancestral Land. Zhou Zheng set out to infiltrate the Fumo Family while Ji Ning and Jiu Chen searched the star for clues to the Ancestral Land.

• Zhou Zheng used his Heart World and Heartforce Illusion to capture a golden-robed Fumo Family Dao Lord who had come to investigate a threat to his people.
• Zhou Zheng questioned the captive, who revealed that the Fumo Family had powerful Emperor-level Puppets and a Clan Leader stronger than six of them combined.
• The captive explained that the Three Great Clans’ power came from the Ancestral Land, but a Life Oath prevented him from saying more.
• Zhou Zheng decided to infiltrate the Fumo Family using his Life Technique, keeping the captive in his Cave-Heaven Treasure as a precaution.
• Zhou Zheng assumed the captive’s appearance and left to investigate the Fumo Family, while Ji Ning and Jiu Chen began searching the star for clues.

After more than ten thousand years undercover in the Fumo Clan, Zhou Zheng found the route to the Three Great Clans’ Ancestral Land and led Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen inside. They reached its hidden core, where the three Silver-robed Dao Lords confronted them as Zhou Zheng prepared to uncover the Xis Race’s secret.

• Zhou Zheng told Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen that a Space-Time Teleportation Array in the Fumo Clan led to the Ancestral Land and that he knew how to activate it.
• Zhou Zheng entered the Fumo Family disguised as the Golden Robe Dao Lord, while Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen helped him defeat and capture the two Emperor-level Puppets guarding the array.
• Zhou Zheng activated the teleportation array with Ji Ning and Sect Master Jiu Chen, and they appeared in a mysterious space where Ji Ning’s Heart World revealed a protected mountain hollow.
• Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning swiftly incapacitated the Dao Lords guarding the space, and Ji Ning identified the mountain hollow as the likely source of its secret.
• Three Silver-robed Dao Lords emerged from the hollow, and Zhou Zheng declared that they would investigate the Xis Race Ancestral Land before the three leaders attacked.

Zhou Zheng, Ji Ning, and Jiu Chen fought three powerful Silver-robed Dao Lords in the Ancestral Land. Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning gained the upper hand, but Ji Ning realized his opponent’s body was so tough that his sword strikes had caused no apparent injury.

• Zhou Zheng warned Ji Ning and Jiu Chen about the three attackers, and Jiu Chen held back rather than face the Clan Leaders head-on.
• Zhou Zheng combined his Heart World and Five-Colored Glazed Sea with Ji Ning and Jiu Chen’s domains to slow the three Silver-robed Dao Lords.
• Zhou Zheng used Xuan Ling’s Wings for speed and six Destiny Divine Weapons to attack two Silver-robed Dao Lords, quickly gaining the advantage.
• Ji Ning attacked the third Silver-robed Dao Lord when it tried to assist its companions, and he suppressed it with his sword techniques.
• Ji Ning frowned when his repeated strikes only knocked the silver figure away without visibly injuring its seemingly invulnerable body.

Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning bypassed three Silver-robed Dao Lords and pushed deeper into the Giant Mountain’s core, where they found the ruins of a palace complex and a slain Black Humanoid Creature. The Silver-robed Dao Lords prepared to summon Emperor-level Puppets to stop them.

• Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning decided to evade the Silver-robed Dao Lords rather than waste millions of years trying to exhaust their energy or use Zhou Zheng’s precious Dream Realm Dao Talisman.
• Ji Ning hid using his Assassination Sword Techniques while Zhou Zheng flew toward the core entrance with Xuan Ling’s Wings, and Ji Ning put Sect Master Jiu Chen inside his Cave-Heaven Treasure.
• The Fumo Clan Leader, Jueya Clan Leader, and Nongtie Clan Leader decided to bring out their Emperor-level Puppets, including four powerful Puppets in the core region.
• Zhou Zheng and Ji Ning reached a ruined palace complex marked by a huge claw strike, which Zhou Zheng identified as the work of a Supreme.
• Ji Ning found a severed Black Humanoid Creature and asked Zhou Zheng about the Xis Race, but Zhou Zheng gave only a brief explanation before they continued investigating.